Recent Posts

September 15, 2021

Introducing Becca Lubow, JCUA Immigration Organizer

Hello JCUA community! My name is Becca Lubow and I’m the new Immigration Organizer. I grew up in Pickerington,...

September 03, 2021

Happy New Year! In 5782, let’s transform Chicago together

As we welcome Rosh Hashanah and the beginning of the Hebrew year 5782, I am writing to wish all...

August 31, 2021

JCUA celebrates grand opening of Chicago Furniture Bank

JCUA supporters gathered last week for the Grand Opening of the Chicago Furniture Bank’s new facility in Brighton Park,...

July 26, 2021

JCUA members begin a summer of action for immigration justice

JCUA created our Immigration Justice committee following the presidential election of Donald Trump. Five years later — as the...

July 21, 2021

We Won! Celebrating an amazing organizing victory with the passage of ECPS

For five years, the JCUA community has worked to transform public safety through powerful civilian oversight over the Chicago...

March 29, 2021

Rabbi Robert J. Marx, visionary Jewish leader who spoke up for justice, dies at 93

CHICAGO — It is with tremendous sadness and heavy hearts that we share news of the passing of our extraordinary...

March 11, 2021

JCUA to work on homelessness through Bring Chicago Home campaign

Following a two-month selection process of proposals, presentations, and deliberation, the JCUA membership has voted to join Bring Chicago...

March 11, 2021

Claire Schwartz on the creation of JCUA’s Youth Organizing Caucus

I was a member of JCUA’s Or Tzedek teen internship program during the summer of 2018, where I learned...

March 10, 2021

JCUA Member Spotlight: Brother Mike Eldridge

JCUA is highlighting amazing members in our community working at the intersection of social justice, organizing, and Jewish values....

February 09, 2021

Jewish Council on Urban Affairs opposes government use of IHRA definition of antisemitism

February 2021 — For 57 years, the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs (JCUA) has worked to advance racial and economic...